Thread: Enjoying a book, but can't get into it?
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Old 01-20-2012, 07:26 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by twowheels View Post
I just finished reading Catch-22. Finally! Surprised by how long it took. Mostly because even though I was really enjoying it, and it made my laugh aloud more than once, I just couldn't get into it. It wasn't a page turner. It was far too easy to read a few screens and put it down.

Strange paradox... anybody else experience that with any other books?
I would say this is true of any Pynchon book I've ever read. They have flashes of brilliance, but can be quite a long slog.
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